Colombia and Mexico are two nations with deep cultural ties. Cumbia settled in Mexico until it became Mexican. Rancheras are part of the sentimental and sensorial education of Colombians. The more we approach the immense diversity of musical genres in the two countries the more similarities and ties we find. Using as starting point a creation-research lab and a dialogical aesthetic between tradition and contemporaneity, this proposal will unveil the common roots and spiritual fraternity between Colombia and Mexico through their music. Lucía Pulido’s ensemble and its project Colombia and Mexico, Two Peoples One Root, is a work that makes visible the musical and cultural wealth of both nations, where diverse histories and sounds are intertwined by musicians from different trends, combining a great variety of popular rhythms of both countries, such as cumbia, trova yucateca, petenera, bambuco, pirekuas and guabinas, among others. It is a musical proposal bordering the Mexican and the Colombian, addressing traditional and experimental musical sounds, and including original compositions.

Lucía Pulido is a Colombian singer with one of the richest voices in the contemporary Latin American music scene. She possesses an experimental style based on traditional music from Colombia and Mexico. By means of a wide range of repertory Lucía offers an unusual vocal versatility that reflects a profound knowledge of the music she interprets and of the possibilities of her own voice. She has been invited by famed institutions such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City and has participated in various festivals worldwide: Glatt Und Verkehrt in Austria, Usadba Jazz in Russia, Jazz al Parque in Bogotá, Hue Fest in Vietnam and Rudolstadt Festival in Germany, among others. She has also participated in the following films: Film ist. A girl and a Gun by Austrian director Gustav Deutsh, Era o Hotel Cambridge by Brazilian director Eliane Caffé, In Jackson Heights by American documentalist Frederick Wiseman, and But Beautiful by Austrian director Erwin Wagenhofer. In 2022 she was part of the performance Unveilings: A Song to the Wind, commissioned for the presentation of the Truth Commission Report in Colombia. She is considered one of the artists that has left an imprint on the history of Jazz in Colombia. Lucía is currently leading various projects with musicians in New York, Mexico, Europe and various Latin American countries. Her extensive artistic career includes performances in the United States, Asia, Europe, Canada, and Latin America. This year Lucía is celebrating 40 years of her professional career.